Bush Urged to Appoint Judge As Lawyer to Supreme Court

Published: January 30, 1989

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29—
The Justice Department has asked President Bush to name a Federal appeals court judge as the agency's solicitor general, the Government's main legal representative before the Supreme Court, an Administration official said tonight.

The recommendation of Judge Kenneth W. Starr of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was reported in Monday's Washington Post. The newspaper said that Judge Starr's selection was expected but that there was no timetable for announcing it.

Judge Starr, who is 42 years old, was a clerk to Warren E. Burger, the former Chief Justice of the United States, and a counselor to Attorney General William French Smith in the Reagan Administration.